Re: DVD rot - Vertigo and The Jackal? - Both Universal

(limacharliewhiskey) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> (Larry) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> > I own both these disks purchased pretty much when they came out. Both
> > are Universal. Now both won't play on any of my 3 DVD players or DVD
> > ROM drives. Usually I just get a No Disc error or the player makes
> > grinding sounds. Both have no scratches or any other obvious surface
> > blemishes. I have written to Universal to see what they say but
> > getting even a response will be a surprise. I guess I have no
> > alternative but to buy another copy of each?
> >
> > Anybody else experienced this type of "rotting" behavior?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Larry
>
> I experienced this last summer on a few discs, but none were Universal
> titles. Each disc played perfectly when I first bought them, but then
> had problems playing them 6 months to a year after buying them.
>
> First disc to go bad was my ID4 movie disc. It actually loaded up and
> played fine for the first half of the movie, but somewhere halfway
> through the movie, the disc began to heavily pixellate and then would
> eventually freeze and completely lock up my player. I tested it on 2
> other players, with the 2nd player getting through the problem area
> but still experiencing various pixellations throughout the remainder
> of the movie, and the 3rd player locked up in the same fashion as the
> 1st.
>
> Replaced the disc, and the new copy played perfectly fine.
>
> 2nd disc was Coyote Ugly. The DVD played perfectly fine when I bought
> it, but when I tried to play it 6 months later, it failed to load up.
> I tried the disc on 3 players total, getting the same response each
> time.
>
> Replaced the disc, and the new copy played perfectly fine.
>
> 3rd disc was Gladiator bonus disc. Disc played perfectly fine when I
> bought it, but then began to glitch later on. It was 6 months after I
> bought the disc, but luckily the store had a lenient exchange policy
> regarding defective discs, so I got a free replacement disc.
>
> New disc worked perfectly fine.
>
> 4th disc was Aliens. It wasn't a major problem, but there was
> constant pixellation during one scene, and the problem was apparent on
> all 3 players.
>
> Replaced the disc, and the new copy played perfectly fine.
>
> I had enough problem discs to consider the possibility that my main
> player was dying and on its last legs, but after testing the faulty
> discs on other players, I was able to determine that each disc was
> defective in each case, as the replacement discs proved by playing
> perfectly.
>
> Your alternative may be to buy another copy of each, but you can
> return the defective discs during the 30-day return/exchange period
> after buying the new copies.
>
> Lee

That sounds a bit dodgy but I guess then the dealer just sends it back
to the distributor. I did contact Universal but as you can imagine, I
got zero response from them

Larry

Larry